Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with the Sacred Trigram, ihs, in Gothic lettering surrounded by panels containing alternately a floral spray and a geometrical motif
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front and painted in dark blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple; the reverse, has unevenly applied lead-glaze appearing mottled pale brown. Part of a circular dish with a wide rim and shallow well, standing on a footring pierced by a suspension hole; three spur marks in the middle of the front; three turned bands close to edge on the reverse. the dish is decorated in the middle with a circular medallion formed by yellow, orange, dark blue and manganese-purple concentric circles, enclosing the Sacred Trigram 'yhs' in blue Gothic characters. The rim is divided into compartments by dark blue radial lines edged by a narrow and a wide dark blue band round the outer edge. These are filled alternately by a spray of green foliage with a dark blue flower and a geometrical motif comprising a blue St Andrew cross with curved of blue and manganese-purple lines between the arms.
Notes
History note: Probably found in London; James Smith of Whitechapel, London, (d. 1901); J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 4 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
16th Century, second half
1550
-
1600
School or Style
Renaissance
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple from metallic oxides)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Footring
Diameter 11.3 cm
Suspension Hole
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing (pottery technique)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: in Gothic characters
- Text: y h s
- Location: In middle
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2399-1928
Primary reference Number: 73441
Old object number: R. 1060
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 8 April 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
